“The letters in this book will break your heart and they will make you laugh. I am excited to invite others to learn from them as I have. It is my hope that these Palestinian voices will inspire you, as they have inspired me, to believe that a peaceful and just future in Palestine is not only essential, but indeed possible.”
– Anna Baltzer, author of Witness in Palestine
“Kenneth Ring’s compassion and his clear understanding of what decades of dispossession have meant to the Palestinian people come through strongly in this beautiful book. He has been able to draw out the Palestinians who speak here to talk about what Israeli oppression and the lack of freedom mean to Palestinians as individuals and to the Palestinian nation. The result is a powerful testimony to collective heartbreak and pain, but also a story of continued Palestinian determination and the endurance of their quest for justice.”
– Kathy Christison, author of Palestine in Pieces
“It’s rare to find a book that tells a story, political to the core, in such a personal, apolitical manner. Letters from Palestine is that type of book. Its stories are articulated through the views, so heartfelt and personal, of dozens of Palestinians, many of them young. But within the seeming simplicity and straightforwardness of their stories lies their unmitigated depth, strength and extraordinariness be- cause it’s these sentiments, the loss, the longing, the hurt and the hope that have shaped and continue to shape the Palestinian history of steadfastness and struggle.
“Letters from Palestine is searching and powerful, remarkable and daring. It’s a serious attempt at understanding what the media have missed, deliberately or otherwise, for many years. It must be read and recounted for years to come.”
– Ramzy Baroud, Editor of the Palestine Chronicle and
author of My Father Was a Freedom Fighter
